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The MAROON l.oyoht I'nivcrsity New Orh'tins VOL. 79, NO. 02 I RIDAV. SI P I I MM K 1. 2000 MAROON.LOYNO.EDU Head of the Class This year's freshmen make up one of the top classes in university history Class of 2004 Student Profile Top Center: The class of 2004 gathers in the Horsehoe for a group photo, photo courtesy of PUBLICATIONS Above: Knoth encourages students to get involved on campus at the new student convocation, staff photo by phillip pearson Right: graphic by lasha harden Freshman class size [ Minorities Average G.P.A. Male segment 1 Average SAT Female segment | Countries represented! From New Orleans I Roman Catholic Class of 2004 sets new Loyola standard By Betsy Schmitt Staff writer From as far away as Sri Lanka, the freshmen came to Loyola with optimistic attitudes about college and campus life. The 870 new students make up the largest class in recent history. The average population of students at Loyola is 5,500. Three-thousand-five-hundred are undergraduates. According to preliminary figures by the Office of Admissions, freshmen comprise 24.8 percent of undergraduates. "As the orientation program has progressed I see that the incoming class will set the pace for Loyola this year," said Percy Marchand, business sophomore, Black Student Union president and new student orientation group leader. There was an increase by five percent in ethnic diversity in this year's incoming freshmen over last year. According to the preliminary figures, 50 percent of freshmen are from out-of-state. The numbers also show more students are coming from Texas, New York and Puerto Rico. Hispanics make up 12.4 percent and blacks make up 9.4 percent of the class. The number of students specifying their religious preference as Roman Catholic was 62 percent, up almost five percent from 1999. This class may even be smarter than some of their predecessors. Test scores from the top of the freshman class outrank last year's scores. The average ACT score for the freshman class is 26. The average grade point average is 3.56. Most of the new freshman class is made up of women. They make up 63.2 percent of the class. This percentage has not fluctuated in five years. Incoming men have stayed constant around 37 percent. According to the Office of Admissions, Recycling program rescued from trash; clean future ahead By Jennifer Kloete Contributing writer Program cleaned up to keep pests out of res halls After a few changes, the recycling program, sponsored by the Loyola Green Club and Environmental Action, will continue this semester. Rosina Roibal, music education senior and president of both groups, is the driving force behind the recycling program. She said, communication will be the key in making the program work this time. Last year, plastic bins for recycling aluminum cans were placed on each floor of Buddig Hall and the New Residence Hall. Roibal said that one student volunteer from each floor was assigned to periodically dump the bins into a dumpster outside of the residential halls. Problems arose when the bins began to overflow. "Strong odors came from the bins because students were not rinsing out the cans before putting them in the bins," said Robert Reed, director of Residential Life. Reed said that insects began to gather near the bins because the cans were not getting picked up. Boggs Center director resigns; interim in place By Elizabeth Stuart Stall Writer Mary Ann Coriey resigned her position of director of the Lindy Boggs Center for Literacy. Michael Cowan, Institute for Ministry professor, is die interim director. Coriey said she resigned in late June. "There was not an adequate infrastructure at Loyola to support a national literacy center," Coriey said. "I think Loyola's intentions were all good. I don't believe Loyola fully understood what it takes to house a national literacy center," she said. However, Coriey said she believes it will improve and be more productive in the future. "The promise of die center is there," she said. Coriey came to New Orleans in March 1999 after finishing work she did with the National Adult Literacy and Learning Center in Washington, D.C. She said part of the reason she decided to resign from the center here was due to her frustration in being unable to achieve what she planned in a timely manner. "I think that an individual has to have a fit with an organization," she said. "I tried a lot of different ways and realized it wasn't for me." See 2004, Page 4 See CORLEY, Page 4 See RECYCLING, Page 3 .Quick poll JUST AROUND THE BEND jhgjjhjh

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The MAROON l.oyoht I'nivcrsity New Orh'tins VOL. 79, NO. 02 I RIDAV. SI P I I MM K 1. 2000 MAROON.LOYNO.EDU Head of the Class This year's freshmen make up one of the top classes in university history Class of 2004 Student Profile Top Center: The class of 2004 gathers in the Horsehoe for a group photo, photo courtesy of PUBLICATIONS Above: Knoth encourages students to get involved on campus at the new student convocation, staff photo by phillip pearson Right: graphic by lasha harden Freshman class size [ Minorities Average G.P.A. Male segment 1 Average SAT Female segment | Countries represented! From New Orleans I Roman Catholic Class of 2004 sets new Loyola standard By Betsy Schmitt Staff writer From as far away as Sri Lanka, the freshmen came to Loyola with optimistic attitudes about college and campus life. The 870 new students make up the largest class in recent history. The average population of students at Loyola is 5,500. Three-thousand-five-hundred are undergraduates. According to preliminary figures by the Office of Admissions, freshmen comprise 24.8 percent of undergraduates. "As the orientation program has progressed I see that the incoming class will set the pace for Loyola this year," said Percy Marchand, business sophomore, Black Student Union president and new student orientation group leader. There was an increase by five percent in ethnic diversity in this year's incoming freshmen over last year. According to the preliminary figures, 50 percent of freshmen are from out-of-state. The numbers also show more students are coming from Texas, New York and Puerto Rico. Hispanics make up 12.4 percent and blacks make up 9.4 percent of the class. The number of students specifying their religious preference as Roman Catholic was 62 percent, up almost five percent from 1999. This class may even be smarter than some of their predecessors. Test scores from the top of the freshman class outrank last year's scores. The average ACT score for the freshman class is 26. The average grade point average is 3.56. Most of the new freshman class is made up of women. They make up 63.2 percent of the class. This percentage has not fluctuated in five years. Incoming men have stayed constant around 37 percent. According to the Office of Admissions, Recycling program rescued from trash; clean future ahead By Jennifer Kloete Contributing writer Program cleaned up to keep pests out of res halls After a few changes, the recycling program, sponsored by the Loyola Green Club and Environmental Action, will continue this semester. Rosina Roibal, music education senior and president of both groups, is the driving force behind the recycling program. She said, communication will be the key in making the program work this time. Last year, plastic bins for recycling aluminum cans were placed on each floor of Buddig Hall and the New Residence Hall. Roibal said that one student volunteer from each floor was assigned to periodically dump the bins into a dumpster outside of the residential halls. Problems arose when the bins began to overflow. "Strong odors came from the bins because students were not rinsing out the cans before putting them in the bins," said Robert Reed, director of Residential Life. Reed said that insects began to gather near the bins because the cans were not getting picked up. Boggs Center director resigns; interim in place By Elizabeth Stuart Stall Writer Mary Ann Coriey resigned her position of director of the Lindy Boggs Center for Literacy. Michael Cowan, Institute for Ministry professor, is die interim director. Coriey said she resigned in late June. "There was not an adequate infrastructure at Loyola to support a national literacy center," Coriey said. "I think Loyola's intentions were all good. I don't believe Loyola fully understood what it takes to house a national literacy center," she said. However, Coriey said she believes it will improve and be more productive in the future. "The promise of die center is there," she said. Coriey came to New Orleans in March 1999 after finishing work she did with the National Adult Literacy and Learning Center in Washington, D.C. She said part of the reason she decided to resign from the center here was due to her frustration in being unable to achieve what she planned in a timely manner. "I think that an individual has to have a fit with an organization," she said. "I tried a lot of different ways and realized it wasn't for me." See 2004, Page 4 See CORLEY, Page 4 See RECYCLING, Page 3 .Quick poll JUST AROUND THE BEND jhgjjhjh